07. Emergency First Response

The Emergency first response is an innovative first aid program that teaches exhaustively the Primary Care (RCP) and Secondary Care (first aid). The Primary Care course (RCP) prepares you to give help to who is in peril of one’s life. The Secondary Care (first aid) course adds other means. The Emergency First Response follows the standard established with the Basic Life Support (BLS).

Why take part to Emergency First Response?
Incidents and diseases are facts of every day. Some people need only a little help but other, if aren’t aid, can suffer serious permanent damages. With the skill command of the Emergency First Response Primary Care (PCP) and Secondary Care (first aid) you could give very important treatments to who needs it.
The Emergency First Response places the most recent first aid cares at disposal of who doesn’t have the professional knowledge, and it has a flexible structure- you can study alone when you have the time and take part to the training practical sessions run from the Emergency First Response qualified instructor.

The Emergency First Response Primary Care (RCP) course is specific for emergency in which there are people in peril of one’s life. It provides for eight obligatory skills and three recommended.

Incident Scene Valuation
Barrier Use
Primary Valuation
Artificial Respiration
RCP with a Rescuer to an Adult Patient
Haemorrhage Control
Shock Treatment
Vertebral column Trauma/Lesion Treatment
Recommended Skill – Use of External Automatic Defibrillator
Recommended Skill – Obstructed Respiratory Tract in Adult Patient
Recommended Skill – Emergency Oxygen Administer

The Emergency First Response Secondary Care (first aid) deal with the secondary valuation of the patient and the first aid by four skill:
Trauma or Lesion Valuation
Disease Valuation
Medications and Bandages
Luxations and Fractures Fencing
Both the courses base on a combination of Knowledge Development, Skills Development and Practical Scenery to assure to the participant knowledge, understanding and practical application.

Fundaments and Validity of the Emergency First Response
The Emergency First Response program is based on educative projects and didactic protocols affirmed to supply a product didactically valid and credible. The courses are flexible and meet the individual learning style making use of different means.

The Emergency First Response follows the standard established with the Basic Life Support (BLS) Working Group agreement of the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR). The ILCOR is a group that occupies of international standards that represents many of the biggest reanimation organization of the world. We cite some of the sources used for the contents development of the Emergency First Response Cardiovascular Care Program, International Consensus on Science, Circulation, 2000; Vol. 102 (suppl I); ©2000 American Heart Association®, Inc., also cited for the reanimation, The Journal of the European Resuscitation Council. The medical contents revision has been done by an international group of doctors very accredited and the program has been tested (beta test) in many places in all the world. The Emergency First Response offers RCP and first aid courses subjected to a revision and that consider also professional, didactics and medical aspects. Besides it offers a flexible approach to different local demands.

EFR Materials
The Emergency First Response offers a complete line of material for every student and for the instructor, with educative and modern design:
EFR Deluxe Participant Pack: It includes all you need to take part to the EFR course! This pack contains an EFR student Deluxe Folder, in cloth with zip and red colour for an immediate identification (24x28.5x5.5 cm). It’s also included the EFR student Handbook of 145 pages and which insert in the folder. This pack includes also an EFR “First Aid Pack” containing the most modern materials like bandages, gloves and more and the EFR adhesive (7.5x8.5 cm).
Emergency First Response Home Study Video: This video will give you the skill knowledge and preview to do in the session of skills development.
EFR Basic Participant Pack: In this pack the folder is not in cloth but in vinyl, it doesn’t have the zip and it’s lightly smaller. The handbook can be inserted also in this folder. The “First Aid Pack” isn’t included.